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Recognitions, May 17

CSPS Director Honored by Senator Bob Corker in Washington DC

Sarah Hillyer, director of the UT Center for Sport, Peace, and Society, last week participated in a ceremony at George Washington University celebrating Tennessee Senator Bob Corker’s contributions to the field of public diplomacy.

Corker received the Walter Roberts Endowment from George Washington University’s Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication for his outstanding diplomatic work as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Financial Times Ranks Haslam Third Among Publics for Custom Executive Education

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business is the third most highly-ranked public business school in the country for custom executive education, according to the Financial Times.

In its history UT has had 77 student Fulbright recipients, with its first in 1959. This year, UT had 52 Fulbright candidates and 27 semifinalists, and 19 students have already been offered awards—all single-year records for the university. UT also has a student designated as an alternate who could still receive an award. A year ago UT had what was then an institutional best of nine Fulbright recipients, preceded by four (2016), four (2015), and two (2014).

“There is definite Fulbright momentum at UT,” said Andrew Seidler, director of UT’s Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships, which works with students as they apply for prestigious awards such as the Fulbright. “The quality of our student candidates—their ideas, their energy, their curiosity about the world—and these results have us comparing favorably with top research universities across the country. That would not be possible without a campus-wide network of faculty and staff who support students’ efforts to really stretch themselves in and out of the classroom. I think the Fulbright competition is bringing out the best of UT.”

UT Names 15 Stellar Students to Incoming Class of Haslam Scholars

One creates healthy meals for cancer patients. One tutors children of immigrants. They’ve spearheaded efforts to help children with autism and people living with AIDS. They are athletes, musicians, writers, and world travelers.

These are just a few of the accomplishments of the 15 high school seniors who will be enrolling in UT’s premiere academic program in the fall as Haslam Scholars.